Charlie Rangel: The Buck Stops Elsewhere

By: Laura Adelmann
Charlie Rangel, arguably the House’s most ethically challenged member, has added to his running tally of oversights. Although investigations of Rangel’s actions are now almost routine, nothing seems to stick. Will Charlie Rangel finally be forced to resign from his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means committee?
Ethically challenged seems like [...]

The Citizens United Controversy

By: Laura Adelmann
When Obama took the unprecedented opportunity during his State of the Union address to demonize the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission he called negative attention to a decision that restores First Amendment rights limited by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, better known as McCain-Feingold.
Citizens United, [...]

Obama’s Changing Presidency

By: Laura Adelmann
What’s the difference between 2010 and 1994? According to Obama, it’s him! Unlike 1994, his presence was going to prevent the Democrats from losing their chokehold on Congress. This was the pre-Senator Scott Brown Obama, brash and confident. Has the Massachusetts election shock caused a shift in Obama’s thinking?
In 1994, when the Democrats [...]

The Democratic Majority?

By: Laura Adelmann
The Democrats have been in control of both Congress and had the Presidency for about a year now and it’s amazing what they’ve done with the place. You’d think they’d be sitting pretty on a big pile of legislative accomplishments, but oddly they seem to be stalling. The honeymoon only lasted a few [...]

The Healthcare Morass

By: Laura Adelmann
With the public option seemingly off the table, Harry Reid and Senate Democrats had to look for another idea to sway votes for the healthcare bill. Their latest offering? Expand Medicare to allow a buy in for those between the ages of 55 and 64. This Medicare option now appears to be off [...]

Rationing: Ladies First

By: Laura Adelmann
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services’s Preventative Services Task Force issued new mammogram guidelines for women. If the recommendations are followed, gone are yearly mammograms for women between 40 and 50 years old and women over 75. The Task Force claims that cost was not a consideration, but rather the [...]

Dodd’s Fed Folly

By: Laura Adelmann
The current economic crisis has many causes. Among these are the actions of the Federal Reserve chairman in keeping interest rates artificially low and the resulting housing bubble. Proposed legislation to attempt to tinker with the Fed’s authority was inevitable. Ron Paul first called for an audit of the Fed. Now Chris Dodd [...]

Tea Party Movement Sends GOP a Message by Supporting Doug Hoffman

By: Laura Adelmann
Many people have asked what influence the Tea Party movement would have on actual elections. Could the Tea Party protests be turned into a viable political party? The first test of the Tea Party’s political power is taking place in New York’s 23rd Congressional District between Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava and Conservative Party [...]

Ron Paul’s “End the Fed”

By: Laura Adelmann
After receiving a surge of attention in the 2008 Presidential primary, Congressman Ron Paul’s new book continues his mission to challenge the establishment and honor the Constitution.  His new book, “End the Fed” takes on the Federal Reserve system and it’s ever expanding role in our government.
Paul begins by describing the political atmosphere [...]

Obama’s Olympic Failures

By: Laura Adelmann
Barack, Michelle and Oprah went to Copenhagen. The goal was to impress the International Olympic Committee with the awesomeness that is that Holy Trinity. Barack spoke and the IOC was supposed to swoon and give the Olympics to Chicago on a silver plate. What went wrong?
That’s probably what Obama is [...]

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